A review by paragraphsandpages
Along the Saltwise Sea by A. Deborah Baker

5.0

I definitely enjoyed this one more than the first book! While I adored the first, this book felt like it had a bit more of a plot beyond wandering around and exploring the Up and Under, and I feel like that's the main thing I found missing in book 1. I also just adore pirates and pirate ships, and ship stories generally, so getting some seafaring adventuring was a nice shift from the land-based journeying Zib and Avery had done so far!

I also really liked how this book leaned more and more into specific lore in the Up and Under, since the basics of the world had already been explored in book 1. It has me really excited to see where the next book goes, and I can't wait to see what the ending mean for the final book in the series!